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iNtErEstiNG iNDiGENEous Fruits

Even though fruits like mangoes and bananas are popular, but it is the unique indigeneous
fruits that hold a special place in India. DID YOU
KNOW?
Ker Jackfruit The plums were

Ker is consumed by the people of Jackfruit is a native of southwest the first ever
rajasthan. It is green in colour and sour India. It is starchy and fibrous. fruits cultivated by
to taste. upon ripening, it turns red. It ripe jackfruit is naturally sweet. humans.
is often used in making pickles upon In a single year, the jackfruit tree
drying. Birds are also attracted to the fruit of this tree. can bear as many as 250 fruits and

each fruit can be about 80 pounds.
Sahithi Josyula, IX-G, Bharatiya Vidya
Bhawan’s Public School, Jubilee Hills,
Falsa Hyderabad and Ankita, VII –E, Delhi Public
School, Sec 45, Gurgaon
falsa or phalsa belongs to the berry
family and is often mistaken as the
blueberry. It is native to south Asia. Ambarella
It is used to make juices, syrups and
sharbat to fight heat. The fruit tastes a ambarella fruit grows abundantly
little acidic and sometimes sweet. in the soils of sri lanka and in Tamil
Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka in south India.
Disha Pruthi, VII A, Delhi Public School, Sec 45, Gurgaon It grows in a humid tropical climate. It is
sour to taste with a distinct crunchy bite.
Hisalu Its smells like pineapple. It is a good source of Vitamin C.

Hisalu is a yellow coloured small fruit Sheryl Anna Biju, VIII, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Atmakuri Rama Rao School,
found in the regions of garhwal and Hyderabad
Kumaon in uttarakhand. It is sweet
to taste. The fruit perishes soon after Karonda
plucking so it should be consumed at Karonda has its origin near
the earliest.
the Himalayas. It is sour to
Kirti Rana, IX, Raksha Anusandhan Vidyalaya, Dehradun taste. In its ripest stage, it
becomes a bit sweeter. It is
Kaaphal a rich source of Vitamin C.
It is used in making pickles,
Kaaphal is found throughout the chutneys, preserves, jelly
mid-Himalayan region. The fruit looks and syrup.
like the deep coloured raspberry. It is
little acidic even when ripe. Srinaini, IX-G, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Atmakuri Rama Rao School,
Hyderabad

Ramphal Kimb
ramphal fruit is associated with lord Kimb is a citrus fruit found in Jammu
rama. when lord rama went to exile and Kashmir. It is similar to the lemon.
there was no food to eat in the forest. It is consumed by cutting it into pieces
There were only fruits and the first fruit and to this is added spices and salt and
that lord rama ate was the ramphal, thus the name. is best relished on a sunny winter day.

Yasho So Jaknaik, VII, S.R. Chandak English High School, Solapur; Raman Gaurik Khullar, V G, Heritage School, Jammu
Bharti, VIII, Raksha Anusandhan Vidyalaya, Dehradun; Abhinav Tomar, VIII E,
Scholars Home Sr. Sec. School, Dehradun

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